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Which financial analysis metric is the best for a cost analysis?
a) TCO
b) ROI
c) Break even analysis
d) A combination of all of the above
Were you correct?
d) A combination of all of the above. In order to calculate the net benefits of your system, Gruener recommends that you take TCO, break even analysis and traditional ROI metrics into account.Related articles:
This was first published in August 2004
Storage Management Strategies for the CIO